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Page 6
In Scinde this may be supposed to have been peculiarly the case , both from the total absence of opposing causes , and from the distance of the province from the countries then under British dominion . They heard of the proverbial ...
In Scinde this may be supposed to have been peculiarly the case , both from the total absence of opposing causes , and from the distance of the province from the countries then under British dominion . They heard of the proverbial ...
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Once thoroughly broken , there was no one , who could afterwards raise the standard of revolt , or even cause temporary annoyance to the Government by any attempt to do Sensible of this , the General himself was able to assert ...
Once thoroughly broken , there was no one , who could afterwards raise the standard of revolt , or even cause temporary annoyance to the Government by any attempt to do Sensible of this , the General himself was able to assert ...
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But it must be recollected that incomplete arrangements and delays gave him many advantages , and lent to his cause a partial semblance of success ; and even then , comparatively few of his troops were Sikhs — the remainder consisting ...
But it must be recollected that incomplete arrangements and delays gave him many advantages , and lent to his cause a partial semblance of success ; and even then , comparatively few of his troops were Sikhs — the remainder consisting ...
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It is supposed that the immediate cause of their removal originated in a complaint , that they were wanting in industry , and ( puffed up with their own importance ) refused to consider themselves as the mere writers of their immediate ...
It is supposed that the immediate cause of their removal originated in a complaint , that they were wanting in industry , and ( puffed up with their own importance ) refused to consider themselves as the mere writers of their immediate ...
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These were very complicated ; and rendered the collection the cause of infinite petty vexation and interference on the part of the native officers . Their gross average on land , paying cash rents , was five annas per bigah , and D two ...
These were very complicated ; and rendered the collection the cause of infinite petty vexation and interference on the part of the native officers . Their gross average on land , paying cash rents , was five annas per bigah , and D two ...
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